@MondayStory The words ‘male’ and ‘female’ have scientific definitions, and describe reproductive biology related to ones role in propagating the species (for almost all complex species on earth).
@MondayStory My husband and I, for example, have qualitatively-different roles and, correspondingly, qualitatively-different reproductive anatomy.
The word to describe my body type is ‘female’. The word to describe his is ‘male’.
The word to describe my body type is ‘female’. The word to describe his is ‘male’.
@MondayStory Now, if you are going to say that both of us can be described, in some context, as ‘female’, then the word ‘female’ no longer describes my reproductive anatomy or any specific medical needs I have, and it decouples humans from standard nomenclature across evolutionary space/time.
@MondayStory So, I’m gonna need a new word to describe my body. Got any ideas?
And you’re going to have justify why you’re special pleading for human reproduction.
And you’re going to have justify why you’re special pleading for human reproduction.
@MondayStory Do you know how many times I’ve been accused of not understanding the difference between sex and gender? That we repeatedly conflate the two?
We do not. Sex is not gender, and ‘female’ is not gender.
We do not. Sex is not gender, and ‘female’ is not gender.
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